Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-26
UnfIaggfng Confidence.

The great sale OF lots in the new
town site of Lordsburg yesterday
hows the unfagging confidence OF
the people in the future of our Sec
tion. 1t was one OF the most sue
cessful town-site sales yet held in
this county. The interest in the
event was so great that over two
thousand persons attended it. The
great bulk of these went from this
city, but Pasadena, Monrovia, Po-
mona, San Bernardino and other
points in this part of the State were
well represented there. But it was
not SO much in the numbers who
attended as in the spirited and liberal
bidding off of lots, that impressed
everybody with the fact that
the confidence which is at the
foundation OF our wonderful pro-
gress and prosperity is as deep
seated and unflagging as ever. Here
was a towsite laid off, to be sure, in
a most inviting valley, but having
nothing on the surface to RECON-
mend it beyond any of the fine land
surrounding it, which was eagerly
bought up in ot-front lots at
prices ranging from $3.50 to $500
each, with an added premium, rang
ing from $500 to s., in each case.
Now there must not only be conf
dence in the permanance OF our
land values, when schemes like this
can be carried out successfully; but
there must also be an abiding faith
in the continued growth OF our Sec
tion--in the accelerated accession
Of population and capital. and in the
increase of future values OF real estate
wherever a business centre is
iudiciously laid out. One would be
apt to say that the success of town
laid out at the point where Lords
burg is located would be problemati-
cal, for the reason that it is only
about five miles from Alosta and
Glendora in one direction, and three
miles from Pomona-an old and pros
porous town-in another direction.
One would further suppose that the
fact that Azusa-a town carrying
with it the prestige of its recent es-
tablishment under the most magnifi-
cent auspices-was just rising into
power, with unlimited capital to
back it and water privil-
ege not surpassed by any place
in the State; we say that the
natural reflection would be that to
start new town in the face of such
circumstances and such competition
would be to fly in the face, as it were,
of fate. Yet all these seemingly ad-
verse conditions only seemed to
sh arpen the appetite of the bidders
for lots, aud the new town was
launched upon the world in way
that secures for it a permanent and
conspicuous position in the galaxy OF
prosperous business centers that are
hereafter 10 grace the imperial coun-
ty OF Los Angeles. We do not
nobody does-know when the limit
will be reached. Pasadena, Mon
rovia, Arcadia, Duarte, Azusa,
Alosta, Glendora, Pomona. Lords
burg, are realities. But who can tell
where this wonderful procession of
beautiful towns is going TO stop?
Millions of people in the East are
looking with longing eyes to this
winterless region. They will come in
great numbers, and the town
builders of to-day will only
stop their splendid work when
the demand for beautiful homes in
region blessed beyond compare by
soil, by climate and by scenery, shall
cease. The signs are that that time
is not in the near future, for we be-
lieve that next fall and winter will
witness a greater rush to Los Angeles